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I really wish work was more...robotic? Not like severance or whatever. What i mean is that i wish it was easy to "just" be tired. But being exhausted usually is not just a physical thing, but an emotional one. I can deal with being tired or having to work a lot, but if I overwork myself I just end up crying and being depressed.
I'm looking at my uni grad plan rn and I could theoretically graduate on a 4 1/2 year plan (currently on year 2) with both a Chinese language credit and a physics minor, but I'd be taking 16-18 credit semesters and summer courses. I should be able to do that. I know it's physically possible (and i dont even mind summer courses because i think summer break is dumb), but I dont think Itll be emotionally possible. It would help so much, I could get a masters in nuclear or materials engineering, i could go to China, I could get a good job and I know china is looking for highly educated professionals right now. I'd be great. But...I wanna live. And at a certain point there's some unconscious thing in me that acts like a barrier that stops me from working. I've had it ever since Jr. High. I don't know how others do it.
It also goes back to the thing about sleep I talked about a while ago. If I didn't need to sleep I'd be able to do it, presumably. But unfortunately I do...
Why can't you take an extra semester or two even? Any institutional or financial barriers to that? If not, don't push past your limits. Nothing but burnout comes from that.
Idk...something about taking more time (even the extra semester I'm taking already) makes me feel like a failure. [Edit: to my family. We come from a poorer background and I'll be the first person to graduate college since my grandma (who herself is an exception). Ergo I feel spoiled or entitled asking for another year]
I'll think about it. Obviously I don't have to decide everything now, and I can try taking one semester of 16 credits and see how I feel.
I think it's more like I just know it's physically possible. Like, i know there's people who have gotten their degree in even less than 4 years. If they can do that why can't I do this?
People who finish quickly are most likely from privileged backgrounds and don't have to work. The only plus side of my working during college was that I had a long bus trip when I could read. But I still pushed myself, failed a semester, and ended up graduating in 5 years anyway.
We all need to take time for ourselves to rest, recharge, and have fun. Hustle culture is toxic.